Event Details

"Tools & tricks" are sessions where members or partners share their tricks, tips and tools for creating, innovating, getting things done or being happier. In your lunch hour you can learn a new skill in a supportive environment. These sessions are highly practical and a great opportunity to learn from others.

We start at 12:30 and finish at 13:30 so it fits within your lunch hour,

Our guest introduces themselves, their tool or trick, then walk us through it.

There's often a need to have a laptop or notepad BYO,

There's plenty of time for questions, answers, ideas and discussion,

BYO lunch, and you can use our kitchen for prep and clean-up,

Participation is FREE for Pollinators members, $10 for non-members.

The topic for this "Tools & tricks" session is MailChimp, the online email newsletter software used by 3 million people to send 5 billion emails each month. With recent upgrades to its interface, it's now even easier to create, send and see the impact of beautiful emails.

From 12pm Andrew & Faye from Pollinators will cover the basics for absolute beginners.

From 12:30pm, we'll cover the topics more suited for intermediate to advanced users. This will be a more open discussion amongst the more experienced users about how to they use and get the most out of MailChimp. Topics to be covered will include:

Designing your emails to have the greatest impact

Analytics & segmentation of your email lists

Maintenance of your lists and MailChimp

Integration with social media, events, websites, RSS and other online marketing tools.

The session will require you to bring a notepd and pen if taking notes is desired